Guy Debord

by Len Bracken

Guy Debord, the major force behind the Situationist International, wrote Society of the Spectacle, considered the best expression of revolutionary thought in the 20th century. The influence of Guy Debord ranges from the Paris riots of 1968 to contemporary cinema, even to ideas appropriated by punk rock. Guy Debord - Revolutionary, the first biography in any language, examines Debord's life, writings, films and ideas. The book includes Debord's previously untranslated board game, "The Game of War.". Guy Debord died in 1994 after shooting himself in the heart.